Ron Healy wrote ...
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>Doc Gonz0 wrote
>
>>It's little
>>bonuses like that, and the look on the face of the no-neck in the
>>Escort I blitzed off of the lights on the way home this evening that
>>make life worth living...
>
>
>When the Mercedes turbo-diesel midi-buses arrived on the streets of london
>they apparently still had the gear ratios and settings as the Van they once
>were before conversion. When empty they were violently and surprisingly
>quick away from the lights. It was a regular occurence to see 18 year olds
>(as the age-limit was lowered the year before) driving buses like
>boy-racers. With passengers on, sometimes.
>
>Once I blazed away from the lights at the top of Fulham market (just before
>the broadway) and a BMW kinda stopped dead in shock (and the 2 lanes
>narrowed into one so he had no choice). Anyway, less than 5mins later he
>passed me (naturally) on Wandsworth Bridge Road, screehed to a halt about
>25yds in front of me and jumped out. I closed the door (I was at a bus stop)
>and slammed the drivers window (as you do) but he popped open the boot of
>his car, pulled out a shotgun and pointed it at me. Well, at the bus, cos I
>jumped out of the seat and hit the floor. And this was IIRC only yards from
>a police station. He drove away and when I looked up the old dear who was
>trying to get off the bus at that stop was still standing there. I closed
>the doors before she made it. And I felt about an inch tall when I realised
>I was on the deck and she was saying "If I could get me hands on that little
>shagger...."
>
I've always meant to apologise for that Ron - I was having a bad day...




....I shouldn't have said "shagger". Sorry.
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Football against the Enemy - Simon Kuper
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